Sailor · 2019–2026

James Buckley

dyc PHRF handicap Handicap Hobie Wave

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 29%
Typically beats: 46%

Biggest lift: Jordan O'Hara
Nemesis: Jesleine Baker
Best day: 16 Aug 2023
Signature result: 3rd of 14

Partnerships · 20 sailors

Jordan O'Hara · Dark Water · PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 28 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+39 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2025
Donald K Walker · Dark Water · PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 28 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+39 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2025
Mathieu Landry · Dark Water · PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 28 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+39 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2025
Derek Silvester · Dark Water · PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 28 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+39 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2025
Sarah Walker · Dark Water · PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 28 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+39 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2025
Jason Walker · Dark Water · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 20 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Suzanne Cada · Dark Water · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 20 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Logan Walker · Dark Water · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
Connor Buckley · Tortuga *, Tortuga *** · Handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2026
Eric Koppernaes · Dark Water · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 13 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2022

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
12 Aug 2026	Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week 2026	Tortuga *	Handicap	Co-Skipper	8th / 9
13 Aug 2025	Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week 2025	Dark Water	PHRF handicap	Helm	2nd / 6
14 Aug 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Tortuga ***	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	5th / 8
16 Aug 2023	2023 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Dark Water	PHRF handicap	Helm	5th / 13
10 Aug 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Dark Water	PHRF handicap	Other	6th / 7
11 Aug 2021	2021 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Dark Water	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 14
25 Oct 2019	Hobie Wave Intergalactics	Gabor Levai	Hobie Wave	Skipper	14th / 16

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	52 provisional	#35378 band 22085–49438	—

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	1 events	0 wins	beats 13%
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 51%

Positions: Co-Skipper (2)

How they race

Closer	+17 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	38%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jesleine Baker	28	8–20
Keith Davidson	21	13–8
Tony Thompson	20	7–13
Steven Robertson	18	14–4
Margo Coughlin	15	11–3
Sarah Flanagan	14	13–1
Bernd Hackstein	14	11–2
Bill Haliburton	14	6–8
Scott Christie	13	6–7
Jordan MacNeil	13	5–8

Most-beaten opponent: Sarah Flanagan (13–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	13%
2025	1	80%
2024	1	43%
2023	1	67%
2022	1	17%
2021	1	85%
2019	1	13%

Boats

Dark Water · PHRF handicap · 4 events · 2021–2025
Tortuga * · Handicap · 1 events · 2026
Tortuga *** · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2024
Gabor Levai · Hobie Wave · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada · 6 events
Gulf Breeze, FL · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 52, #35,378. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.